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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 36 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/36.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/36-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Ezekiel 36</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/35.htm" title="Ezekiel 35">◄</a> Ezekiel 36 <a href="../ezekiel/37.htm" title="Ezekiel 37">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/ezekiel/36.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Blessings on the Mountains of Israel</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>! <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>This is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says: The enemy has spoken against you, saying “Aha!” and, “The ancient heights have become our property!”’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So prophesy and say: ‘This is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip and slander among the people, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>: This is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about – <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>therefore this is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.’</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, ‘This is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So this is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says: I vow that the nations around you will endure insults as well.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“‘But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For indeed, I am on your side; I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I will multiply your people – the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. Then you will know that I am the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“‘This is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says: Because they are saying to you, “You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I will no longer subject you to the nations’ insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave your nation, declares the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.’”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The word of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So I poured my anger on them because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, ‘These are the people of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, yet they have departed from his land.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I was concerned for my holy reputation which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I will magnify my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the <span class="smallcaps">Lord,</span> declares the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and multiply it; I will not bring a famine on you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the fields, so that you will never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Understand that it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“‘This is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>They will say, “This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the <span class="smallcaps">Lord,</span> have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, have spoken – and I will do it!’</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“This is what the sovereign <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: I will multiply their people like sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.”</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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